My Riffs

What one simple thing makes your life better?  Purpose.  Purpose ideally is at the cross section of your skills and passion. 

Draw a big circle and make space for them. It’s okay if they aren’t the exact same.  Draw a big circle. Unless it’s toxic include more and learn and help and grow. The smaller your circle the smaller your world. 

You can't get good at something without focus. Yet focus is one of the hardest things to do. Distractions are a plenty. To focus, all the noise needs to be quieted. Noise is louder than ever. Find a way to mute the noise. 

We all have a test coming. Tests happen when you’re high and when you’re low. In both places your character is revealed. The other place it’s really tested is when nobody sees you. What do you do that’s not seen?  These things are tests and reveal who you really are. 

You really stop growing when you feel you know it all.  So really, to keep growing, you need to be humble. Ego will stop true growth. To keep growing, you have to stay curious. You need to be humble enough to ask questions that show you don’t know it all. You need to be willing to change you mind on things. That requires humility to say I don’t know it all and I’m willing to keep learning. 

You won’t end up somewhere good by accident.  The only way to end up in a good place is by being intentional.